Parading Elephants Vandalized in Singapore?

By

Gaurav Raghuvanshi

Nov 15, 2011 SGT

Elephant Parade

The vandals may be back in Singapore.

The city state, known for its squeaky clean image, faces the embarrassing prospect of someone having defaced two of the 162 elephant statues placed around town as part of the Elephant Parade exhibition that started last week.

One statue, by Malaysian artist Hamir Soib, placed at the Asian Civilizations Museum, had some of its painted “skin” peeled off, and another on Singapore’s upscale shopping area Orchard Road, by Carrie Chau of Hong Kong, lost a doll that was sitting astride it.

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